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10 Dec 2016 12:08:42pm

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I did a PhD on men, and the Men's Movement. One of the areas I examined is men's experience of isolation. One of the findings I made from interviewing leaders in the men's movement and literature search is that intimacy and sexuality are closely linked.Women have intimacy with many other people especially other women. Men have intimacy with the person they have sex with. Hence sexuality and intimacy are very closely linked. So in some way men seek sex in order to enhance personal intimacy which they lack in their lives with other people especially their men. Mateship is a fun social connection between men, not sharing of intimacy. Connection with other women stops because of relationship protocols so that within 1-2 years of long term relationships men lose connection with all women, other than family members.So when there is a relationship break up men are suffering and do not recover as well as women unless they find another woman very quickly.

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